Driver Danica Patrick is expected to join NASCAR full-time in 2012. With a fourth place finish in Las Vegas in March, Patrick currently holds the record for the highest finish by a female driver. Who held the record before Patrick?
In 1949, Sara Christian (1918-1980) finished fifth in a NASCAR race at the Heidelberg Raceway in Pittsburgh. She was the first female driver in NASCAR history, racing in the association’s very first race.
